West, Samuel

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY WEST, FROM HULL & LIVING IN MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS IN THE LANCASHIRE TERRITORIAL REGIMENT. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A TRAMWAY EMPLOYEE. HE MARRIED, MISS IRENE PEARL INGHAM, ON10/10/1915, AT ST LEONARD’S, NEW SOUTH WALES. LIVED AT 80 CHANDOS STREET, SYDNEY. HE ENLISTED AT THE AGRICULTURAL GROUND, SYDNEY, ON 06/09/1915, AGED 23 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR. SERVED IN THE 20TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. TRAVELED TO ALEXANDRIA EN ROUTE TO EUROPE. HE LANDED IN FRANCE, ON 27/03/1916. HE RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE SPINE, ON 27/07/1916. WAS EVACUATED TO THE 2ND NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL, LEEDS, ENGLAND. HE DIED OF TETANUS ON 09/08/1916, AGED 24. HE LEFT A WIDOW, AND SON, CECIL, BORN ON 21/08/1916, WHO HE NEVER SAW. HIS WIDOW IRENE HAD MUCH DIFFICULTY SECURING FUNDING FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY HER HUSBAND HAD SUBSCRIBED TO.